25 and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.
25 and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah,
25 and sent word by Nathan the prophet that God wanted him named Jedidiah (God's Beloved).
25 and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means "beloved of the Lord "), as the Lord had commanded.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:25
Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:15-25
(Read 2 Samuel 12:15-25)
David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He was willing to bear the shame of it, to have it ever before him, to be continually upbraided with it. God gives us leave to be earnest with him in prayer for particular blessings, from trust in his power and general mercy, though we have no particular promise to build upon. David patiently submitted to the will of God in the death of one child, and God made up the loss to his advantage, in the birth of another. The way to have creature comforts continued or restored, or the loss made up some other way, is cheerfully to resign them to God. God, by his grace, particularly owned and favoured that son, and ordered him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Our prayers for our children are graciously and as fully answered when some of them die in their infancy, for they are well taken care of, and when others live, "beloved of the Lord."